Button-feeding mechanism.



C. C. HAMMOND,

UTON FEEDSNQ MECHANISM.

/XPPLICMIUN FILED FEB. 25` 1915.

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Be it known thatfi, (Rhiannon C, Hime Mono, a Citizen oi' the United Sta.tes, residing at'iliiiohite, in the county of Sedgwick :imi State oi Kansas, have invented certain new :inftnseiul .improvements in Button- Feetling llvieehanisin, oi?i which the' following" is a speeiiieation.

"his invention relates stening buttons boots7 shoes and oth e 'wire through the saine into a staple driven three to machines for .having` eye-Shanks' to er articles7 by threading shank and :forming the' the prongs oi which are gh the. article to which' the bnt- `are to be tastenech zitter which the" prongs are clenched` to complete the festem ing.

`lhe present application relntes'inore p11-r- ,tieniarly to the means for feerliiig ythe but tons to the .staple-forming n'ieehnnisin, it being' a division of the application filed April 215 1914, Serini No.

The invention has for its object te provide a simple and ellieient bntton-ifeeding mechanisin, anil with. this 'object in View it consists oi :L novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described )and olaiined, reference being haii to 'the neben;- pzinving iii-anfing; in wl'iieh-`- Figure .l is a. side elevation of the button hopper or matilazine containing' the'buttonfeeding mechanism associated therewith; Fig'. 2 is :fi `plan view thereof; Pigs. 3, t, and 5 are etions on the lines 3-3, 4*@ and 5--5 respectively, of Fig. 2.

steering eoiiionlly to the thawing, l() elenotes,.a hopper or magazine eontizining the buttons which 'are to be teilte the stapie i'orniing n'ieelninisni of the machine5 said. meehmiisin not heine; shown inthe presentA appiieation. From the maga-zine l0 an inclined Chute 10' leads 'to the staple-forming nieel'ianisin andearries the Qnttons thereto. The n'iegezine l0, above the bottoni thereof, eontains a button raeeway 57 which' is .inend of the magazine, in which letter is an opening 558. The raoeway extends for a short distance from this openingr and the upper enel of the chiite 10?. .is connected to said projectieg end to form a continuation thereof. The raceWay-has a. groove to accommodate the b'iitton shank. In the n'iegazine works anoseilletory button eievator-designeil to elevate the buttons from of the magazine and to deposit r, mi?

CLARENCE C. HMM'EID, Of XVCHT,

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. Wh i eh. ivorifs in i Letters .Patent 14, Serial No. 333,352. Divided and this afpieetion :filed 23,1515. SerialNo.G,e8G.

the seine into the raeeivev7 5i". The eleva-- tor is a segmentai member :3?: vwhich Worte in a slot 60 1n the bottom of the magasine'. r

he concave side of the elevator tits slidably against that .portion of the siile `Woll eo of the magazine Whieh is shaped to forni the raoeway 5T, sai`ci-.portion having aneurve to contorni to the omvature o the elevator. The eleva/tor is sitting up one?. clown in the magazine to carry its upper end e5 back and forth betiveen the bottoni et the .magazine and the raeewiiy. The ehivaior swings trzinsve "i the ieoewey if curved path. Ti, rittens ere .caught by the Upper end of the elevator'5 anti when `3i shoulder reaches the meewey, at the ii; .it of upward swing, the buttons drop'into the reoevvay. The eieviitor then siings beek to carry the .shonicler to the 'bottom ei the insg, another supply of buttons. The eiei-aim;n does not extend throughout the entire lei 'y n of the Inagazineg but it is ioested et the erni thereof opposite the enti having the outlet opening' in View of which the buttons are deposited into the highest part 'of the raoewey. and they slide'down the same by gravity. Beyond the' elevator, the side Weil of the-easing slopes ciownvif'srd. from the to of the reeeivey, asfinciieateti atla. Th oppositeside Well ofthe magazine, as Welk as the end wail havii'ii'g the opening1 ,.589 slope toward the elevetonin View of which thebuttons tenflto settle in' that' part ol the magazine inv which the elevator Wortes.

' he elevator .has av liange 6@ end recess in the oo end of the mag .ne i?)7 the joint' be erefl by a strip 63 seeared to the the magazine? on theontside therein; d the other end of the elevator a enrvet'i Hnge 64k entends .beyond the shoulder 6i. The but tons are prevented from dropping oit the ends of the shoulder by these iienges. lThe ends. of the 'ilange '62 are connected by a 100 cross-pieee Sii` having et the lcenter a pivot opening toreceive a'pivot stiid 6G arried by a bracket 67 mounted on the outside of the magazine side Well,

" To the inner' enti or e 59 is connected a pitmon 68 Whiohlatter in turn is connected to a suitable drive shaft or other ineens whereby motion is imparted to .the elevator. The bottom of the magazineis reeessec to accommodate the pitman.

tige of the elevator l properly placed in the raceway 57 comein i vlincoln-o 69. The

'of the magazine.-

the ange and are deiiected in to the bottom Contact with from the raceway 57 back .at the end oi the' upward stroke of the shoulder el the latter is alongside the raceway 5f?, and'slants assuring the Toassaae of raeeway, and as t ey downward thereto, thus the buttons to the slide down oil? the shoulder into the racewayfthe Shanks ofthe buttons enter the narrow bottom portion or slot of the raceway'. The button Shanks are Atherefore correctly placed in 'the raceway, and the latter is given just enough slant to ,allow the buttons to slide down to the chute l0, which. latter'the buttons enter with their. Shanks presented ldownward in proper position to be taken. upby the staple- Jforming mechanism. When the shoulder 6l is at the' end of its upward travel, the Flange 64C extends across the top of the raeeway, and if there are any misplaced buttons in the latter, 'they will roll against theiiange,`

and in se doing will usually fall back into proper 'position before the flange is retracted. there are 'still any misplaced buttons on they will be thrown hack into the hopper by the shoulder 6l isinclined so that it is parallel end of the upward strokeo the elevator 'and the lla-nge 64 prevents the 'buttons from said flange being sliding ed the shoulder,

the shoulder'.

located at the lower end of l. claim: l.' ln a button-setting machine, a button magazine having an inclined button raceway tothe raceway 57 at thev t Maaate and an outlet opening to which the said raceway extends, said raeeway being located Iabove the bottom of the magazine, and a button elevator working in the magazine between the bottom thereof and the racevvay, said elevator having an end guard flange which extends transversely across theA top of the race-Way when the elevator is discharging thereinto.

2. In a button-settingmachine, a button magazine having an inclined button raceway and an outlet opening to which the raceway extends, said raceway being located above the bottom' of the magazine, and a button elevator'mounted in the magazine to oseillate transversely of the raceway between the latter and the bottom of the magazine, said elevator having "an end guard Flange which extends across the top of the raceway when the elevator is discharging thereinto.

3. ln 'a button-setting machine, a button magazine having an'inclined button raceway and an outlet opening to which the raceway extends, said raceway being located above the bottom of the magazine, and a button' elevator working in the magazine between thev bottom thereof and the race- Way, said elevator havinga button-supporting shoulder which is inclined to extend parallel to the button rac'eway at the end of its upward stroke, and a guard 'ange at the lower end of the button-supporting shoulder,

ln testimony whereof l aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Lne O. lli/lorena, Lns'rnn H. GARDNER. 

